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Tony Irish, senior counsel for Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, criticized the Interior Department for launching surveillance systems to “recognize, record and track” visitors and residents. Trump has said that he regrets not putting up cameras earlier. Read the PEER ...

The order appears to violate the Code of Federal Regulations, said Tim Whitehouse, a lawyer and executive director of the nonprofit advocacy group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. The code states that the government cannot require a “forced distribution” of ratings ...

The move to halt the agency’s scientific research has prompted concern from scientists and environmental groups that findings could be altered to conform to the Trump administration’s political agenda. “Science is not supposed to be political,” said Kyla Bennett, director of ...

Staffers from the division were notified about the RIF through the public press release, said Kyla Bennett, director of science policy at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. Staff were then notified about an all-staff meeting scheduled for Monday. Bennett said the manner in ...

Tim Whitehouse, the executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which has previously represented EPA and other federal employees, said that federal employees have First Amendment rights, which should protect speech that doesn’t harm the agencies they work for ...